Materials & Methods v4.0 (miniM&M) Read Me file
1/4/90 by JWBrown
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Because Materials & Methods (M&M) uses standard Macintosh Human
interface features, you should be familiar with the Macintosh interface
before using this or any other program on the Macintosh. Because it is a
Hypercard stack, M&M uses standard Hypercard features, such as arrow
buttons, with which the user should also be familiar. For an introduction
to the Macintosh Human interface, run the "Introduction the the
Macintosh SE (or whatever) disk that came with the computer. For an
introduction the Hypercard, run the "Introduction to Hypercard" stack that
comes with Hypercard. If you are familiar with earlier versions of M&M,
you will find that the special M&M menubar is missing - it has been
replaced by the use of a single pull-down menu within the normal
Hypercard menubar and the use of a few icons on procedure cards for the
most commonly used functions.
Version 4.0 should run on any Macintosh computer that can run
Hypercard. Unlike previous versions, version 4.0 of M&M does not use pop-
up menus (other than the "M&M" menu in the menubar), so that menus do
not pop-up in unexpected locations on large-screen monitors.
INTRODUCTION
M&M consists of a number of "Procedure cards". To go from one card to
another, choose "Choose card" from the Functions menu in the menubar at
the top of the screen, or click on the "Choose card" icon to the right of the
card. After an interminable delay, you'll be shown a list of all of the
procedures stored in M&M. When you've decided on a procedure to
examine, just double-click on it's name (or single-click on it, then click on
the "Select" button) & you'll be taken to that Procedure card.
The procedures can be modifed, printed, or saved as MacWrite files using
the pull-down menus from the menubar (There is no need to "save" the files
after modification or after adding new procedures, unless you want
MacWrite files, since Hypercard automatically updates the stack).
Although the Title and References are always visible, the Introduction,
Materials, & Methods windows can only be shown one at a time - use the
menu items of the same name from the M&M menu, or click the
"Windows" icon, to switch from one to the other. Modifying a procedure is
easy - the windows (Introduction, Materials, Methods, References, & Title)
are standard Text windows & can be edited just like in a word-processing
program.
When you're finished with that procedure card, select "Choose card"
from the Functions menu to go to a different card, or choose "Quit
Hypercard" from the File menu. To browse through the stack at your
leisure, start with card & click on either the left or right arrow buttons to
scroll through the procedure cards.
DESCRIPTIONS OF FEATURES
Left arrow button - takes you to the previous Procedure card.
Right arrow button - takes you to the next Procedure card.
Home icon - takes you to your Home stack.
Printout icon - prints out a copy of the procedure on the current card.
Windows icon - switches between the Intro., Materials, & Methods
windows.
HELP! icon - brings you to this M&M Help stack.
Choose card - Let's you choose from a list of procedures on file.
Scrolling windows - work just like all Macintosh scrolling windows.
Menu features:
About M&M - takes you to a screen giving you info about M&M.
Choose card - Let's you choose from a list of procedures on file.
Read text file - to load an ASCII file into an empty Procedure card.
Create text file - saves the procedure as an ASCII (MacWrite) file.
(NOTE - Hypercard AUTOMATICALLY SAVES changes to M&M!)
Read M&M file - loaded a previously saved M&M file into a new card.
Create M&M file - saves this procedure as a special file for easy
loading into another M&M stack.
Print procedure - prints out the procedure on the current card.
Print all procedures - dumps the whole M&M stack to the printer.
Introduction - shows the Introduction window of the Proc. card.
Materials - shows the Materials window of the Procedure card.
Methods - shows the Methods window of the Procedure card.
If you have any questions, comments, or nasty remarks regarding
M&M, please contact the author. Feel free to pass copies of M&M to anyone
who wants to use it, at no charge.
James W. Brown
Biology Department
Indiana University
Bloomington IN 47405
BITNET : BROWNJW@IUBACS